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Keanu Reeves' comeback and a new twist on an old story are among new DVD releases this week. "John Wick," Grade B: Keanu Reeves turns in one of his most intense performances playing the retired contract killer. Once he's forced back to work, the only thing that can stop him from getting total revenge is running out of bullets. Reeves brings just the right amount of killing tenacity, tempered by a five-year absence from the job, to make Wick formidable yet slightly vulnerable. The screenplay by Derek Kolstad is loaded with leaps of logic. They aren't as blatant because director Chad Stahelski never lets the action slow down. This is a film built on body counts. ...

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Keanu Reeves' comeback and a new twist on an old story are among new DVD releases this week. "John Wick," Grade B: Keanu Reeves turns in one of his most intense performances playing the retired contract killer. Once he's forced back to...

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August has been a particularly rich month for movies that fall between the mindless, overblown summer superhero blockbusters and the polished prestige of the super-serious Oscar brigade to come. Edgar Wright's "The World's End" is the right...

"The World's End," the latest film from director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, marks the third installment in their Cornetto Trilogy, along with the zombie farce "Shaun of the Dead" and the cop comedy "Hot...

Sony Pictures decided to abandon "Lee Daniels' The Butler," placing its 2013 summer bets on "White House Down" and "After Earth."
Think the studio wishes it now had made a different decision?
"The Butler," whose...

"The Butler" polished off the competition at the box office this weekend, scoring its second consecutive No. 1 win.
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Paramount, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99/$54.99
Available on VOD beginning Sept. 10
Although it's not as much fun as the 2009 "Star Trek" reboot, J.J. Abrams' sequel has the same major asset as its predecessor: a winning...

The World's End
Universal, $29.98; Blu-ray, $34.98
Available on VOD beginning Nov. 19
After giving zombie flicks and cop movies a British accent with the send-ups/homages "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz," director Edgar Wright and...

Disney's 3-D animated summer movie "Planes" appears to have some lift as a home entertainment title, soaring to the top of Rentrak's DVD and Blu-ray sales chart in its first week in release.
Featuring the voice of comedian Dane Cook, the...

Frank Darabont, whose last stab at television brought forth AMC's "The Walking Dead," from which he later departed under still-murky circumstances, has created a new series, "Mob City," for TNT. It is also, in its way, about the living...

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost may not be as geeky as their sci-fi-loving characters in their new film, “Paul,” but they can relate to their especially close relationship.“We live in our own little world and we have our own little gags,” says Pegg, who also...

These final episodes of “Stargate Universe” are especially bittersweet for Mike Dopud.Dopud’s character, Lucian Alliance officer Varro, finally earns the trust of his shipmates on the Destiny in “The Hunt,” the latest episode of “SGU.” He also earns his...

*** (out of four)
Tom Cruise runs like a maniac. It’s kind of awesome.
The much-maligned but still very commanding movie star’s relentless, up-for-anything energy keeps the blood flowing and the stunts, uh, stunting in the first “Mission: Impossible”...